Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad v. Hart

This proceeding is instituted under the Act of 1855, p. 33, for the expropriation of certain town property in Shreveport, for the purposes of the railroad.

The case was tried by a jury in conformity with the Act, and from the verdict and judgment of the court thereon, defendant appeals.

There is no bill of exceptions in the casé, and even the assignment of errors presents no question of law, as the jury do not appear to have regarded the Act of 1855, for they allowed the defendant more thau the value of the lots at the commencement of the undertaking.

We are unable, in the conflict of testimony,…